From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri May 07 1999 - 16:11:56 EDT
I think we should all agree to replace the time honored "RTFM" (Read The
F... uhhfine! Manual) with "RTFLA".. ?! :-)
besides it appears that all thinkpads now ship with a win95 and win98
preload CD.. so you get two OS's...
i know, i know.. RTFLA..
Ronald W. Heiby wrote:
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> Hello John,
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> Friday, May 07, 1999, 1:07:13 PM, you wrote:
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> JK> Does this bother anyone else? I know it's to cut down on
> JK> software piracy, but it basically means I pay for a one-user
> JK> license for Windows, but I'm only allowed to use it on the
> JK> machine it came with
>
> This is a common mis-conception among those who have not actually read
> the license agreement to which they agreed. You did not, in fact, buy
> a "one-user license for Windows". Instead, you bought a one-system
> license for Windows, specifically the one system with which it came.
>
> Personally, I think that stinks even more.
>
> Ron.
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